Attaching means for tags



May 1 H. F. KOCHER 2,079,742

ATTACHING MEANS FOR TAGS Filed Sept. 9, 1935 ORDER No.

FROM

HARRY E KOCHE/R' INVENTO BY W Patented May 11, 1937 UNITED srATss ANT oFFicE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to a useful improvement in holding devices for attaching shipping tags, cards, etc., having a permanently held nail or brad on said tags etc.

The principal object is to have tacks, brads or nails held permanently on the tag, eliminating carrying them around loose.

Another object is tobe able to: use this attaching device on shipping tags, cards, box car or routing tags, merchants price tags, posters, signs or anything using tacks or nails as means of ecuring such above stated articles to objects.

With these and other objects in view as will hereinafter be brought out, the invention consists in the arrangemnt of parts and combinations of elements illustrated in the accompanying one sheet of drawing, described in the following specification and specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing, wherein like characters of reference serve to identify like parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a top plan of a card or shipping tag having a plurality of attaching devices secured thereto as specified in the specification.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View taken on line 2- 2 of Figure 1 and constructed in accordance with the present invention, assembled to a card or tag.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view as shown in Figure 2 before assembling with a card or tag.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the invention as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of the attaching device in another modified form.

Figure 6 is the same cross section shown in Figure 5 assembled to a card or tag.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the attaching device shown in Figures 5 and 6.

The device consists, broadly, of two or three members adapted to be attached to the ordinary shipping tag or the like, and, referring to Figure 1, a tag I is shown having a plurality of permanent brads 2 secured thereto. Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1. This section shows a tack 3 having its upper end, held securely in place in the center of the head 2C of member 2. The brads 2 have cylindrical (see Figure 3) body portions 2A extending downwards for the purpose of assembling to a card or the like as shown at 2B Figure 2. The forming of the turned over edge 2B is done by an especially designed forming tool such as used on eyelets for shoes, cards, etc.

The main principle of the invention is to have a tack held securely and permanently on the card or tag. As the cost may prohibit the sale of the type shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, due to the fact that the tack 3 is casted in place into the member 2, it was deemed advisable to find other means of holding said tack into a head member. Figure 4 shows clearly the construction of the first stated construction by means of a perspective view.

Figure 5 shows a modification of the attaching device. The member It] has a flat head and a downward extending cylindrical portion. The member H3 has a flare portion lll-A at its edge and which is provided for the purpose of clamping said part IE! into the turned over edge 8-A of cap member 8. A hole or aperture 9--A in the top of said member or shell [0 is provided to hold the head of tack between the said members 8 and I 0. Figure 6 shows the device assembled on a card H by turning over the edge I0B. The perspective View shown in Figure 7 clearly discloses the device before being assembled to the card.

Heretofore tags had to be secured to boxes etc., by means of separate tacks or nails and this oftentimes proved inconvenient, as proper-sized tacks may not be readily at hand for such purposes. With my invention, as the tag or article is provided with a brad or tack as stated above,

it is at all times ready for attachment to boxes etc., without the need of separate tacks or fastening devices. Thus time and labor are materially saved in attaching my ready made tags to boxes or similar receptacles.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable forms of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as there might be various changes made in details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention comprehended within the scope of the appended claims.

Having this described my invention, what I claim as new is;

1. An attaching device comprising a rounded head, a pointed member and a washer spaced beneath said head and said washer having an aperture to hold said pointed member, the wamer being flared at its edge and having a depending cylindrical portion and the said head having turned over edges to clamp the said flared portion of the washer.

2. In combination with an attaching device, a tag, the said attaching device comprising a rounded head, a pointed member and a washer, the washer being spaced beneath the said head and the said washer having an aperture to hold the said rounded head having its edge turned over to form an annular recess, the said washer member being flared at its edge, and the said flared edge of the washer adapted to fit into the annular recess in the rounded head, the washer member having an aperture for holding the pointed member, and the washer member having a depending cylindrical portion.

HARRY F. KOCHER. 

